Automobile window



Jan. ll 1927.

l y D. H. DONACHY AUTOMOBILE wINDow ATTORNEYS INVENTOR Filed DSG. 7. 1925 Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

UNiTEo STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DARWIN H. DONACHY, 0F WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE WINDOW.

Application :tiled December rIhis invention relates to an improvement in windows for automobiles or other vehicles, and aims to provide a Windev7 which enables the driver of the car to carry out e the hand signalling movements in accordance'with the traiic laws Without 'subjecting the Wind, rain, snow, or the like.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is of simple and du# rable construction. which will not vibrate or chatter when the automobile is running 'and which may be manufactured and installed at-a comparatively slight expense.

Other driver to disagreeable exposure to objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of the construction, arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more. Lfully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this spe citication, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment ofnthe invention,

Figure 2 isa View 1n vertical section on the line 22 of Figure 3,

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section on,

the line 23e-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view similir to 'Figure 2 but showing a different position/, of parts.

Referri ng to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a window for an automobile or 'other vehicle which has a glass pane 2 suitably mounted in a frame 3. The present invention provides a rigid '.(and preferably ot' metal) panel 4 which is secured to the vwindow framing below the saine and in ver- '-tical alignment therewith. 'The' edges of the panel are reinforced the metal thereof, as indicated bending back at 5. The

panel 4 has an opening' 6ftherein. The pori tions of ing 6 have as shown a the panel which surround the opentheir marginal edges bent back, t 6a,`in Fig. 2, to strengthen thel y structure, and to eliminate sharp edges. .This opening 6 is normally closed by means of a rig bent-bac id closure plate 7 preferably madeof metal and having its edges reinforcedby k flanges 8. The plate 7 has integral tage 1nUr 7, 1925. seriai No. 73,850.

ing 10 and an upstanding fiange 11. The

hinge bar 10 receives a hinge rod 12 carried by brackets 13 fastened to the panel 4. The hanger 9 has a transverse, extent just less than the opening 6 and this is less than the extent of the closure plate 7, the closure plate 7 being of suicient size to have its edges overlap the. portions of the panel 4 which surround the opening 6. With this arrangement )ressure applied to the inner face of the ange 11 tends to swing the closure plate 7 to closed position such as shown in Figure 2. For the purpose of supplying a yieldable pressure of this character a. spring member 13 is provided and has one end fastened, as at 14, to the panel 4, the major portion of the spring member 13 isl free and engages the flange 11, as

shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4. It is to be p.

`lunderstood that the lflange 11 and its cotend, the bars 15 being fastened, as at 16,

i to the panel and being connected by a. transverse bar 17. The bar 17 facilitates the connection of the lowering and raising mechanism to the Window structure.A 1

In use when the Window is in closed position the opening 6 is at about the level of the hand so that the operator of the machine when desiring to signal an intended turn, an intended stop, or an intended reversal of the machine 'may extend his hand through the kopening 6, the. closure 7 moving outwardly to permit' this as shown to advan- Figure 4. As soon as the operator pulls his hand in the closure 7 closes, therey preventing Wind, snow, or the like from coming into'the car.

In a Window for use in vautomobiles or other vehicles, a panel connected to the window frame and having an ,opening located `at about the level of the hand of the driver of the vehicle in the closed position of the Window, a closure plate for said opening Iittedon the outside of the panel, said closure plate being slightly largerlv than the opening and having its edges overlapping the edges of the panel surrounding the opening, an inwardly o'set hanger carried by the closure plate and located on the inner side of the` panel, means for pivotally Vand. having a portion engaged with the flange to urgedbhe plate to closed position.

DARWINH. DONACHY. 

